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:*[http://www.garenewing.co.uk/angloafghanwar/waroffice/map_afghanistan.php Map of Afghanistan] - showing the principal locations in 1880
:*[http://www.garenewing.co.uk/angloafghanwar/waroffice/map_afghanistan.php Map of Afghanistan] - showing the principal locations in 1880
:*Information about the book [http://www.garenewing.co.uk/angloafghanwar/articles/Maiwand66th_introduction.php ''Maiwand: The Last Stand of the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment in Afghanistan, 1880''] by Richard J. Stacpoole-Ryding. This book may be bought from the [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/0752445375 FIBIS Shop] through Amazon.co.uk
:*Information about the book [http://www.garenewing.co.uk/angloafghanwar/articles/Maiwand66th_introduction.php ''Maiwand: The Last Stand of the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment in Afghanistan, 1880''] by Richard J. Stacpoole-Ryding. This book may be bought from the [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/0752445375 FIBIS Shop] through Amazon.co.uk
*[http://maiwandjournal.victorianwars.com/ The Last Stand: The Journal of the Maiwand Files Project] Victorianwars.com. Contains many articles about Maiwand
*[http://history.farmersboys.com/Battles/afghanistan_1879-80.htm 66th Berkshires in the Campaign] history.farmersboys.com
*[http://history.farmersboys.com/Battles/afghanistan_1879-80.htm 66th Berkshires in the Campaign] history.farmersboys.com
*[http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/LeisureAndCulture/LocalHistoryAndHeritage/SuffolkRecordOffice/ContactUsLocations/BuryStEdmundsBranch.htm Suffolk Record Office, Bury St Edmunds] has many photographs and documents relating to the time the Suffolk regiment were serving in India during the 2nd Afghan War. Details of what is held in the Suffolk Regiment Archive can be found in their  [http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/2E9FB0AC-F44C-43FD-B31B-72E83378A413/0/12SuffRegtRevisedJES.pdf Suffolk Regiment Archives leaflet] and their [http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/24AED075-D7F2-465E-B7F4-57DB2BBCBF02/0/14photo.pdf Photographic Collections leaflet]<br>
*[http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/LeisureAndCulture/LocalHistoryAndHeritage/SuffolkRecordOffice/ContactUsLocations/BuryStEdmundsBranch.htm Suffolk Record Office, Bury St Edmunds] has many photographs and documents relating to the time the Suffolk regiment were serving in India during the 2nd Afghan War. Details of what is held in the Suffolk Regiment Archive can be found in their  [http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/2E9FB0AC-F44C-43FD-B31B-72E83378A413/0/12SuffRegtRevisedJES.pdf Suffolk Regiment Archives leaflet] and their [http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/24AED075-D7F2-465E-B7F4-57DB2BBCBF02/0/14photo.pdf Photographic Collections leaflet]<br>

Revision as of 07:46, 2 September 2011

2nd Afghan War
1878-80
Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns
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Location: Afghanistan
Combatants:
British and Indians Afghanistan
Result:
British took control of Afghan foreign relations
Border areas ceded to Britain
Medals:
The Afghanistan Medal 1878-1880
Clasps: Ali Musjid, Peiwar Kotal, Charasia, Ahmed Khel and Kandahar
Kabul to Khandahar Star 1880
Links:
Category: 2nd Afghan War
General Browne's March from Peshawar to Gandamak
General Roberts' March to Ali Kheyl
General Stewart's March to Kandahar
General Roberts' March to Kabul
General Stewart's March to Kabul
General Roberts' March from Kabul to Kandahar
See our interactive map of
2nd Afghan War: First Phase
locations and routes on Google Maps
See our interactive map of
2nd Afghan War: Second Phase
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See our interactive map of
2nd Afghan War: Third Phase
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The 2nd Anglo-Afghan War 1878-80 came about because the British were concerned over Tsarist Russian expansion and tried to get the Afghan Amir Sher Ali to agree to a diplomatic mission to Kabul. When this was refused but a Russian mission admitted, the British invaded from three directions. With the country occupied, Sher Ali's son Yakoub Khan signed the Treaty of Gandamak in May 1879. The British forces withdrew but an uprising in Kabul led to the murder of the British Resident Sir Pierre Cavagnari. This provoked a second invasion by the British under Major General Sir Frederick Roberts and the occupation of Kabul following the Battle of Charasia in October 1879. The Afghans were again defeated at the Siege of Sherpur Cantonment in December. A further revolt led to the defeat of the British at the Battle of Maiwand in July 1880 following which Kandahar was besieged. Roberts led a force from Kabul to defeat the Afghans under Ayub Khan at the Battle of Baba Wullee. The Treaty of Gandamak was confirmed and the British withdrew.

Chronology of events

Biographies

Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906 and Dictionary of National Biography 1912
Henry Abadie (1841-1915)
Ayub Khan (1849-?)
Thomas Baker (1837-1893)
Robert Onesiphorus Bright (1823-1896)
Samuel Browne (1824-1901)
Pierre Cavagnari (1841-1879)
Mortimer Durand (1850-1924)
Charles Gough (1832-1912)
Herbert Taylor Macpherson (1827-1886)
William Godfrey Dunham Massy (1838-1906)
Charles Palliser (1830-1895)
Frederick Roberts (1824-1914)
Robert Sandeman (1835-1892)
Sher Ali (1842-1872?)
Donald Stewart (1824-1900)

Also see

External Links

Historical books online

The Second Afghan War, 1878-80: Abridged Official Account produced in the Intelligence Branch Army Headquarters, India 1908 (archive.org)
The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80 by Archibald Forbes 1892 (archive.org)
"Excerpta from Notes on the Transport by Rail of Troops, Horses, Guns and War Material for the Army in Afghanistan during 1878-79" from Professional papers on Indian engineering Second Series Volume 8 1879 (archive.org)
History of the Corps of Royal Engineers Vol II by Maj-Gen Whitworth Porter 1889 2nd Afghan War archive.org